Water activation in solar‐powered vapor generation

D Wei, C Wang, J Zhang, H Zhao, Y Asakura… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Solar‐powered vapor evaporation (SVG), based on the liquid‐gas phase conversion
concept using solar energy, has been given close attention as a promising technology to …

Drivers, challenges, and emerging technologies for desalination of high-salinity brines: A critical review

KM Shah, IH Billinge, X Chen, H Fan, Y Huang… - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
Hypersaline brines are of growing environmental concern. While high-salinity desalination
and zero liquid discharge (ZLD) are increasingly attractive treatment options, the high salt …

Fully lignocellulosic biomass‐based double‐layered porous hydrogel for efficient solar steam generation

X Lin, P Wang, R Hong, X Zhu, Y Liu… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Solar‐driven interfacial evaporation is an important approach for solving the issue of
freshwater scarcity. However, the practical application of solar steam generation is hindered …

Hofmeister Effect‐Enhanced Hydration Chemistry of Hydrogel for High‐Efficiency Solar‐Driven Interfacial Desalination

H Zou, X Meng, X Zhao, J Qiu - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Solar‐driven water evaporation technology holds great potential for mitigating the global
water scarcity due to its high energy conversion efficiency. Lowering the vaporization …

Solar‐Powered High‐Performance Lignin‐Wood Evaporator for Solar Steam Generation

Y Gu, D Wang, Y Gao, Y Yue, W Yang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Recent research on wood‐based solar evaporators has made great progress and significant
breakthroughs have been made in using lignin as a photothermal material; however, the …

3D hydrogel evaporator with vertical radiant vessels breaking the trade‐off between thermal localization and salt resistance for solar desalination of high‐salinity

X Liu, F Chen, Y Li, H Jiang, DD Mishra, F Yu… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Delivering sufficient water to the evaporation surface/interface is one of the most widely
adopted strategies to overcome salt accumulation in solar‐driven interfacial desalination …

Polyzwitterionic hydrogels for highly efficient high salinity solar desalination

C Lei, W Guan, Y Guo, W Shi, Y Wang… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Interfacial solar vapor generation (SVG) is regarded as a promising and sustainable strategy
for clean water production. While many materials have demonstrated excellent evaporation …

Phase‐separated polyzwitterionic hydrogels with tunable sponge‐like structures for stable solar steam generation

B Peng, Q Lyu, M Li, S Du, J Zhu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Solar steam generation (SSG) through hydrogel‐based evaporators has shown great
promise for freshwater production. However, develo** hydrogel‐based evaporators with …

Hydrogel materials for sustainable water resources harvesting & treatment: Synthesis, mechanism and applications

Z Zhang, H Fu, Z Li, J Huang, Z Xu, Y Lai, X Qian… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Over the past few years, with the development of global industry and the increase of
population, the shortage of freshwater resources has prompted people to conduct in-depth …

Robust and multifunctional natural polyphenolic composites for water remediation

Y Xu, J Hu, X Zhang, D Yuan, G Duan, Y Li - Materials horizons, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The scarcity of clean water has become a global environmental problem which constrains
the development of public health, economy, and sustainability. In recent years, natural …